National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Gwendolyn Brooks
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1988 Inductee
Harriet Williams Russell Strong
Born 1844
Achievements: Business
2001 Inductee
Barbara Hillary
Born 1931
Achievements: Athletics
2020 Inductee
Matilda Raffa Cuomo
Born 1931
Achievements: Education, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Shirley Chisholm
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Althea Gibson
Born 1927
Achievements: Athletics
2001 Inductee
Belva Lockwood
Born 1830
Achievements: Government
1983 Inductee
Betty Bumpers
Born 1925
Achievements: Humanities
2005 Inductee
Jeannette Rankin
Born 1880
Achievements: Government
1993 Inductee
Sherry Lansing
Born 1944
Achievements: Arts, Business, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Rebecca Talbot Perkins
Born 1866
Achievements: Humanities
2009 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
Born 1886
Achievements: Philanthropy
2011 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Wilma Mankiller
Born 1945
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Ruth Colvin
Born 1916
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Dolores Huerta
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ella Fitzgerald
Born 1917
Achievements: Arts
1995 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Hannah Greenebaum Solomon
Born 1858
Achievements: Humanities
1995 Inductee

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Margaret Sánchez turned off her TV for two days following the National Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. She wanted time to “absorb the hope.”    I can’t imagine a higher compliment for the...

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